1. Review the Unified Champion Schools informational toolkit with your principal and a teacher adviser. 
2. Select the initiatives you wish to carry out, or may already do, during the upcoming school year. 
3. Need help?  Contact Allie Stockburger or Samantha Huffman for assistance. 
4. Submit the 2018-19 Unified Champion Schools School Participation Form 
5. Get started building a school and community of inclusion! 

1. Review the Unified Champion Schools informational toolkit 
2. Submit the 2018-19 Unified Champion Schools School Participation Form 
3. The Youth Innovations Director for your school or district will contact you upon receipt 
4. Get started building schools of inclusion!! 

The Spread the Word annual day of awareness is held the first Wednesday of March.

• How to Host a Youth Rally
• STW: Inclusion Toolkit
• UCS STW Fact Sheet
• STW Website Links
• STW Message Box
• STW Event Activation Ideas
• STW Social Media Activation

Special Olympics NC has just launched a new fundraising toolkit! Check out all of the great ways your school can get involved with fundraising!

• Fundraising Planning Worksheet
• UCS Fundraising Tips
• UCS Dance Period Fundraiser
• UCS Balloon Wars Fundraiser
• UCS Chain of Unity Fundraiser
• UCS Hall of Unity Fundraiser
• UCS Loose Change War Fundraiser
• UCS T-Shirt Sale Fundraiser

The Young Athletes Program is a great way to engage Elementary Schools in Unified Champion Schools activities. For more information about the program visit our Young Athletes Resource Page.

• Middle Level Playbook
• It’s Our School Too!
• Get Into It: Learning Guide 
• Unified PE 

• High School Playbook 
• Starting a Unified Club 
• High School Graduation Guidebook 
• Unified Sports
• Unified Fitness Guide for Schools

• Starting a Special Olympics College Club 
• NIRSA Guidebook 

• UCS Language Guidelines 
• UCS Branding Guidelines 
• Unified Sports Branding Guidelines
• UCS Social Media Ambassador Guide

A Unified Champion School receiving national banner recognition is one that has demonstrated commitment to inclusion by meeting 10 national standards of excellence. To review these standards and for more information please check out the resources below.

Resources:

• Elementary Standards
• Middle and High Standards
• College Standards
• How to Apply

The 2019 North Carolina Class of National Banner Unified Champion Schools:

• Ballentine Elementary School, Wake County
• David W. Butler High School, Mecklenburg County
• Davis-Townsend Elementary School, Davidson County
• East Garner Magnet Middle School, Wake County
• Forest City-Dunbar Elementary School, Rutherford County
• Gray’s Creek High School, Cumberland County
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte

• How to Recruit Diverse Youth Leaders 
• Special Olympics and Student Councils 
• Participate in a Special Olympics North Carolina Polar Plunge and Become a Cool School!